"Digging Up Old Grievances"
"Then why should she apologize to them?"
"Wang Zhe only needed to apologize to Lulu."
"And only Lulu had the right to forgive Wang Zhe."
Wang Zhe froze.
The other children froze, too.
Confusion showed on their faces.
They seemed to understand...
But because it clashed with what they had done before, they weren't sure they understood after all...
"Wang Zhe."
Teacher Li called on the boy.
She knew he was the key to how Song Nana was treated in class.
As long as he stopped pursuing Song Nana's lie...
the other children would soon move on to something else.
The atmosphere in class would return to normal.
"Do you understand?"
Wang Zhe's brows knitted tightly together.
After a long moment...
Wang Zhe shook his head.
"That's not right."
Teacher Li was taken aback.
Not right?
"What isn't right?"
Teacher Li asked.
"When you see something wrong, you have to bravely stand up."
"Point it out."
Wang Zhe's eyes lit up.
"Teacher, isn't that what you taught us?"
Teacher Li was genuinely surprised.
This boy...
was really quick-witted.
As long as he didn't take the wrong path in the future...
he was sure to achieve great things.
As a teacher, she was naturally happy to have such a clever student.
The problem was...
his cleverness was now getting in the way of her resolving the issue.
"That's right."
Teacher Li nodded. "That's what I taught you."
She hoped the children would grow up to be good kids with a strong sense of justice, able to tell right from wrong.
But...
"You also need to adapt to the situation."
Blindly following a set formula wasn't right.
Teacher Li was starting to feel a bit of a headache.
"Song Nana did